Nigeria

Hundreds of farmers from the Ilua community of Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo state have protested over an alleged encroachment, destruction, and sales of their cocoa plantations by the state government to foreign companies.

Au Nigeria, le gouvernement de l’Etat d’Ogun cherche à mobiliser 20 000 hectares de terres agricoles dans les localités de Yewa north et d’Imeko-Afon pour l’installation d’une rizière.

The CSOs call for reforms to include a compulsory conflict conciliation procedure and the recognition of customary and legitimate land rights in their diversity.

Des ONG accusent la société belge Siat, spécialisée dans la production de caoutchouc, de ne pas respecter ses engagements envers des communautés locales africaines. Les communautés demandent une reprise du dialogue et la réparation des préjudices subis.

Communities are calling for a resumption of dialogue with a view to resolving the land conflicts and compensating the damage suffered.

Cocoa farmers in Oluwa Forest Reserve in Odigbo council area of Ondo State, have raised the alarm over the destruction of their N500m worth of cocoa plantations by thugs hired by oil palm plantation company SAO Agro-Allied Services Limited.

Health of Mother Earth Foundation says proposed agriculture investment by Egypt is about turning Nigerian farmers into farmhands and making them become cheap disposable labour to produce food for Egypt.

Tandis que le Nigeria importe du lait du Danemark, la ferme de Damau (200 ha) est la concrétisation de l’engagement de l’entreprise danoise dans la production locale de lait.

The Danish-designed dairy farm covers 400 hectares of land, with the capacity to house 400 milking cows and 1000 animals in total.

Ekiti State Government has appealed to communities protesting against alleged shoddy acquisition of 55,000 hectares of land designated as agricultural processing zone to eschew violence.

Ogun State Governor says the Government of Egypt is in talks to establish plantations in the Ogun Agro Processing Zone to grow crops for export as part of its Food Security Plan.

Nigeria's Kebbi State Government has approved the allocation of land to WACOT for the establishment of a Rice Academy in Suru Local Government area.